Watch Dvd While Driving!!!!!!!!!!!

Everybody, just in, DVD hack, now playing DVD while car is in motion!! I am so psyched!! I wanted everyone to know that I am a true Contributor to the CTS-V Community!! My brother and I where out in the car determined to find a solution. It took us about ten minutes to figure out with no wiring changes! You have to image the look on each other faces when we know we got it to work. When I released the parking break and the screen stayed on we were dieing!! I also want to give crate to eyeforthectsvguy! He lead me in the right direction.

Here are the steps to be driving, riding, and watching (Be safe, if you are diving, do not watch screen!!)

Step 1Put in DVD. Step 2Play DVD (Do not leave it at the front menu, if you do not start the DVD you will not be able to start it after you begin to drive.)Step 3While playing - Hold the ‘forward seek’ button then hit the second from the bottom buttons on the right hand side of the DVD screen. (You will see a little flicker)Step 4Now disable the parking break and make sure that the DVD stays on. Step 5Enjoy

If you did everything correct you will notice that all the features are disabled. If you are at the main menu of the dvd you will not be able to select play movie or any features.

If you would like to stop the dvd, you must hit the top right button first. Then it will bring up the safety lock if you are in motion or parking break off.

Hope everyone enjoys, get the word out and be safe. If there are any questions with my instruction let me know and I will be more specific.

Other notes:I got DVD-R to play fine in mine, but the +R are having some problems.

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Oh, ya, I'm sure this won't cause any accidents! Make sure to also smoke, and dial your cell phone, while you clip you finger nails. :rolleyes2 How about watching the road instead! It's pretty sad when people get bored driving, when that is the most important responsibility behind the wheel.

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HAHA, funny. The reason I wanted it is for everyone else in the car. I mean you can fit 4 additional passengers in the car. That is a lot of people who can watch, especially when you are on a trip. And in town I can look down once I am at a red light. Probably not best to watch a movie you never seen before. But if you are so upset about this why don’t you complain about the people who read books in their car? I will see people flying around a turn with a book in their hand not pay attention. Go get them and leave the DVD watchers to themselves!

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So if you start playing the DVD before you're rolling this is great. But what about those 4+ hour trips where you might want to start with a CD or two and then throw in a movie. I guess you have to pull over.

Are all features disabled, such as Pause, FFWD, REV? I assume volume still works. If you go to the radio, can you come back?

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Yes, volume still works. No you can not fast foward. If you switch to raido you can not go back to watching the movie. If you get good at it you could pull over real fast, push the break in a little bit, hit the button, then go on.

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HAHA, funny. The reason I wanted it is for everyone else in the car. I mean you can fit 4 additional passengers in the car.

I respect that. I certainly wouldn't recommend reading a book while driving either, but people do stupid things. God must love stupid people because he made a lot of them.

If I were travelling I would find this feature more useful if I could get local tv stations for weather warnings, news, etc. But I would listen and not look from the driver's seat. The problem is, some drivers will be looking at the screen while driving.

If State laws change, I hope you can set it back to the factory setting, for example, if you are involved in an accident, and they see that you screen has been modded to allow the driver to watch, you might be in trouble?

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Originally Posted by Ralph

If I were travelling I would find this feature more useful if I could get local tv stations for weather warnings, news, etc.

Ralph,
The European CTS I drove did have a TV tuner. I don't know how much difference there is between the European and the US spec NAV systems but I wouldn't think it would be too hard to add a tuner.

BTW I am with you about the DVD playing in a moving vehicle. I don't see how it would be possible not to be distracted by it.

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In Clinton's defense, he did put the "be safe" disclaimer along with his DVD tip. Kudos, I'm hoping everyone takes that to heart.

But, I've noticed that the CTS has a driver-oriented dash (with the display and controls tilted towards the driver), so having a DVD play for your passengers from the regular display could be kind of a pain in the neck the passengers to watch for an extended time ( ~2 hours a movie).

If the motivation to playing DVDs on the go was geared for the passengers, then mounting LCD screens to the back of the headrests and in the passenger sunvisor would be a kinder (and more expensive) option.

To each their own, but please keep eyes on the road, and hands on the wheel & shifter. Cheers.

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Excellent! I find it important that I get to choose the features I can control..........not some liability freak. Keep this going and hopefully we can figure out how to get all DVD and NAV features while driving. I can do it on the wife's MDX and we keep it safe, fun and efficient.